Can you freeze whole chilies

[Containergardener]

Or are they best chopped up ?
Thanks

[smallblueplanet]

Yes. Whatever you prefer. It's easier to deseed them when fresh?

[PyreneesPlot]

I do - just chuck them in a bag. I try and sort them by type but the system usually goes to pot! They're really easy to chop & deseed if you let them just start to defrost - frozen they're too hard and defrosted they go to mush.

[Bren In Pots]

I freeze mine whole on trays then tip them into bags, i don't think it make much difference but you never know.

[Containergardener]

Thank you ...

[Small pumpkin]

Yes You can

[Containergardener]

Good god

[Can the Man]

Yes you can, I often deseed my Scotch bonnets before freezing, but I generally freeze m birds eyes whole and then throw them whole into a chilli or a curry, just have to remember to find the stalk and take them out

[Logunner]

I dried mine in a greenhouse.... needle and thread to make a large bunch, once they had dried I brought them home and stored in a cupboard.

Pull them off the thread leaving stork behind, and easy to deseed.

[Mark Rand]

I freeze them whole, they do seem to loose a bit of heat after a while frozen.

I also keep a supply dried. Use a large kilner jar with a lot of silica gel in it. It can be worth cutting thicker skinned ones, such as jalape�o etc. because they can go mouldy if they take too long to dry out.

Might try pre-drying them in the greenhouse this year!

[Swag]

Saw a video by an Indian chef once which showed to always break the stems off as soon as you buy/harvest. Come away easily. That�s where the bacteria start